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r improved R CTTMnAY International SCHOOL f Lesson for March 10 . lesson subjects anil Scripture texts selected and copyrighted by International Council of Keliclous Education; used by penniiston. . ; A PEOPLE IN CONFUSION LESSON TEXT: Judges 2:7. 11, 18-23. MEMORY SELECTION: The Lord Is my helper, and I will not fear. He-j ferews 13:6. Confusion Is a word well suited to describe the world today. With the end of the war we had hoped for peace and goodwill, and what have we? We may learn from the experience of Israel the reasons for Such confusion. They, too, had come into their land and should have had tnly peace and prosperity. Instead there were turmoil and disorder. Why? The success or failure of both nations and individuals is ultimately determined by their attitude toward the law of Gpd. He is always right and true. The constant factor in a world order that swings wildly from one extreme to another is his law, which is perfect and eternal. God is ho respecter of persons. Even Israel, bis own chosen nation, found that observing God's law tneant blessing, and failure to do so brought judgment and sorrow. No man is great and powerful enough to Ignore this rule, .and none is exempt ifrom Us operation. I. The Cause Forgetting God (w. '7. 11). The Lord had promised the land to them as they went in and possessed it by faith In him. He fully kfcpt that promise in the measure that they believed him. They never ijid take the whole land, but that was because of their failure, not God's. As the people of Israel took possession of the land, they went forward in the way of blessing as long as Joshua, and the elders who remembered God, kept them steady and true.' We have here an excellent illustration of the power of a godly example. It is far stronger than tye think. ." ' v ; The fact that a nation has been ,-iighly privileged and has been exalted to a place of power and honor Will not save it In the day when God is forgotten. Israel no longer ' nad God-fearing men to bring it back to the Lord, and so began its awful drifting. ,. we Americans are rignuy proua if our great land, its mighty ri sources, its fine past and promising "jfuturer But what is the future to' days are ahead! They may be, but only if we, like our , forefathers who established this nation, recognize God. If we do not, America jwifl go the way of the forgotten empires of centuries past, and that in - apite of all its past achievements and Its present promise. ' L It Is a significant thing that our business and national leaders often come from Christian homes, but it is sad that they themselves are so frequently not Christians. Their lives are shaped by the teaching and influence of godly parents, but what will their children do if they are not brought up in the fear and admonition of the Lord? i II. The Condition National and Spiritual Confusion (vv. 16-19). The history of the period of the judges in Israel is Incomplete, but M,k.4 nr a hina tfVtrttiTa tVta siitIm! "(111. idition ef thi nation. Not only were they In separate tribes, but the people as a whole were divided into three groups north and south of Jerusalem, and east of the Jordan. I The moral and spiritual decay were evident in their turning to the immoral practices of Baal-worship. One would have thought that God woufd give up a people so set on. "tinning-, but he did not. H provided 'deliverance for Israel. 'That gives lis courage, for we know that he Has not given us up, out nas provided In Christ a sure deliverance, if America will turn to him. It Is interesting to note that God works through men. Some of these judges were great men: others were JUSI ordinary men., em eacn in uis . appointed place, at the appointed " time, was God's man. . Confusion, sin and disobedience cannot be tolerated indefinitely. So JsraeJ stubbornly went on to III. The Conclusion Judgment Irorn God (vv. 20-23). ' ; - God not only will not hold a backjsliding nation guiltless, but will , bring judgment even if he has to turn over his people to a despoiling feation. He has instruments of individual and national chastisement, and he is ready to use them. Notice, that wherever they went the Lord's hand was -against them.; Thfere-is.no. place to flee from the presence of God. Anyone who thinks he can do it- should read Psalm 139: ; It can't be done. That is a' tdmfort to 'the' believer, but It Is Very disquieting to the unbeliever. 'They- conipromTsed with evil, and lost not . only their . testimony but 'their" very' spiritual 'life. They forsook Gbd apd took, into their friendship .the enemies of God, only to find that they were their own nemies. -; We are la danger now of compromise with evil, both in our personal and in ur ttationtl lives. A we do -ahd if we do we may expect only 'imtat ltd Judfcaeat ... i

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES "Mar." is the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, March 10. The Golden Text is: "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way" (Psalms 37:23). Among the citations which comprise the Lesson-Sermon is the following from the Bible: "If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: Then he is gracious unto him, and I saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness" (Job 33:23, 24, 26). The Lesson-Sermon also includes the foMowing passage from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "We can, and ultimately shall, so rise as to avail ourselves in every direction of the supremacy of Truth ovar error, Life over death, and good over evil, and this growth will go on until we arrive at the fulness of God's idea, and no more fear that we shall be sick and die" (p. 406). ST. MARY CHURCH Mass Schedule March 10, 1946 Shelburn, 8:00. Sullivan, 10:00. HYMEKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - Rev. B. F. Nickless, Pastor Worship service each first and third Sunday evening at 8:00 p.m. Morning worship each Sunday at 9:30 a. m.; Sunday School at 10:30. Prayer service Wednesday evening, 7:30. Junior prayer service .Wednes day evening, 7:30. j B. Y. F. each Sunday at 7:00 P m. The public is invited to attend these services. PENTECOST CHURCH 502 North Court Street. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Church Services, 10:30 aj m Church Services Sunday, 7:00 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:00 p. m. Church, services , Saturday 7:00 p. hi. ' at at - MEBtW PILGRIM HOLINESS CHURCH Sunday School, 9:30 A. M. Preaching, 10:30 A. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 8 P.M. Cottage prayer meeting Friday, 8 P. M. Sunday night preaching, 8 P. M. All are welcome. Pearl Dean, Pastor MEROM PENTECOST CHURCH Everybody welcome. Come and worship with us. Sunday School, 9:30 A. M. Evening Worship, 7 P. M. Mid-week, Thursday, 7 P. M. W. II. Day, Pastor CHURCH OF CHRIST North State Street Sunday Services ' -Bible Study, 9:30 A. M. Worship, 10:30 A. M. Evening Service, 7:00 P. M Wednesday Services Bible Study, 7:30 P. M. Bro. Lloyd Boyll preaches each first and third Sunday morning and evening. A welcome to all. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH R. M. Criswell, pastor ; Dying men in a dying world need new life. That life can be had only in Christ Jesus. He offered life and offered it :nora abundantly. Christ gives ' this life by giving Himself to us. ' Church School at 9:30 'a. :n. Morning Worship .at 10:35 a. m. Youth Fellowship at 6:00 p. rn. Evening Worship at 7:00 p. m. Prayer Scrvies at 7:00 p. m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN -CHURCH Rev. Hcrmer G. Welsbecker, Minister Sunday School, 9:30. Will H. Hays, Jr., Supt. Morning Worship and Communion, 10:45. Theme, "The Master Motive." Vesper Service, 4:00. Theme, "Lord, Teach Us to Pray." . . . Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00.

Ads Chapter 9-10. '. - . . R. W. Brown. This is Loyalty Sunday and ' every member and friend of ' the , ,' ' church is urged. to be present at! .CHURCH OF CHRIST the Lord's table. j The Church of Christ located The Association Circles will at 602 Noith Court Street exmeet as follows: i tends a welcome to all. Morning No. 1 with Mrs. Gilbert Snyder, worship at .10:30. The lesson will No. 2 with Mrs. D. M. Routt. . be brought from the :21st chapterNo. 3 with Mrs. Wallace Spring-. of Luke. Worship ' with us in I Spirit '.aad. Truth.

toiijee invited to Attend the churches in shelburn first methodist church Rev. Clarence R. Killion, Minister Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Morning Service, 10:30 a. m. Epworth League, 6:00 p. m. Evening Service, 7.00 p. m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST Bro. Frank Adamson Bible Study 10:00 A. M. Sunday. Service and Communion 11:00 . M. Sunday. Services . every second Sunday f each month. CHURCH OV COD Rev. Charles Stanafer, Pastor 9:30 Sunday School. 11:00 Morning Worship. 7:30 p. m. Preaching. Wednesday 7:30 p. ro., Preaching. Friday 7:30 P. m., Y.P.E. Services,, Saturday 7:30 p. m. Preaching. CHURCH OF GOD Mountain Assembly Church Oherley Gibson, Pastor 9.30 A. M. Sunday School. 11:00 A. M. Sunday morning service. 7:30 Sunday evening service. Wednesday 7:30 P. M. Worship Service. Saturday 7:30 P., M. Worship Service. SHELBURN FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Bible School in Junior O. U. A. M. Hall each Lord's Day morning at 9:30, followed by Lord's Supper. PILGRIM HOLINESS CHURCH SHELBURN Evangelistic Service Saturday. 7:45. Sunday School Sunday, 9:30 A. M. Morning Worship.- 10:30. Evangelistic Service, 7:30 P. M Frayer Service Wednesday, 7:30 P. M. GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE, Shelburn, J. R. Royer, pastor Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. Chas. Hunt, Supt. Morning Worship Service at 11:00 A. M. Sunday night service at 7:00 Sunday night services at 7:00 o'clopk. Every welcome. DUGGER METHODIST : Rev. C. E. Homberger, pastor Sunday School at I'O: .a :n. Chas. Mason, Supt. - - ' Worship Service at 10:45 a. m. Youth Meeting Monday . at 6:30 p. m. 17:00 p.-jn. Junior Fellowship . Thursday at 4:00 p. m. Prayer service Thursday at 7:00 p. m. BETHEL METHODIST Worship Service at 9:00 a. m. Sunday School at 10:45 a. m. Jesic Bcdwell, Supt. Youth Meeting at 6:00 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday at 7:00 p. m. HICKORY METHODIST Sunday School at 9:30 a. m. S". C. Willis, Supt. Worship Service at 7:00 p. m. Women's Society of Christian Service meeting Tuesday, 10:00 a. m. Prayer Service Tuesday at 7:00 p. m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH -Wyman A. Hull, Pastor Sunday Church School at 9:30 A. M. Morning Worship Service at 10:30. B. Y. F. at 6 P. M. At the evening service whichjs held at 7 o'clock, Miss Beulah Chappelle, teacher in Junior High School, will be the speaker, bringing a message on the subject: "What Science Knows About Narcotics." Mid-Week Crusade Institute Service Wednesday night at 7:15. . SULLIVAN PILGIIDI HOLINESS CHURCH Sunday School at 9:30 a. m. ' Worship ' Service at 10:45 a. m. Y. P. E. Service at 6:00 p. m. Evangelistic Service, 7:00 p. m. Prayer Meeting Thursday at 7:00 p. m. . Sunday morning theme, "Now there 'stood by the cross of Jesus his 'mother.-" Evening subject, "The Great Salvation." Time is but the Iringe of eternity. It is not how :ong you live, hut how well you 1 hvp w PfWs

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THE CROSS God laid upon my back a grievous load, A heavy cross to bear along the road. I staggered on, till, lo! one weary day, An angry lion leaped across my way. ' . I prayed to God, and swift at His command, The cross became a weapon in my hand; It slew my raging enemy, and then It leaped upon my back a cross again! I faltered many a league, until at length, Groaning, I fell and found no further strength. I cried, "O God! I am so weak and lame," And swift the cross a winged staff became; It swept me on till I retrieved my loss, Then leaped upon my back again a cross. I reached a desert; on its burning track I still preserved the cross upon my back. No shade was there, and h the burning sun I sank me down and thought my day was done; But God's grace works many a sweet surprise, The cross became a tree before my eyes. . I slept, awoke, and had the strength of ten, Then felt the cross upon my back again, And thus, through all my days, from that to this, The cross, my burden, has become my bliss', Nor shall I ever lay my burden down, . ,- For God shall one day make my cross a crown. Sheppard . -(THE LIGHTED PATHWAY)

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There is a real source of comfort and joy in the knowledge that bur Father's hand directs all that comes into bur lives. Not believing this brings grief and sorrow. But knowing that, in the most severe affliction, the Lord knows and understands our case, calms the troubled heart. Knowing that lie cares hushes every ruffled nerve. When He speaks peace, all is still and calm. In the life of every believer on the Lord Jesus Christ, afflictions will come, sorrows will come, pain will come, heaviness will come. But the servant is not greater than his Lord, and it is this same Lord that passed through the vale of tears before us. He can go with us into the depth of grief and pain and feel what we feel. He needs not to lay aside His divinity to share our afflictions. But Divinity took upon Himself humanity, "that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted," for "Surely he hath borne our grief s and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of febd, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he fras bruised for bur iniquities: the chastisement of bur fceace was upon him 5 and with his stripes we are healed." What more could He do to let lis know that He feels our afflictions? "We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sih. Let us therefore comfi boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." There is no depth to Which He has not gone for us, therefore we may come to Him with any need, and He-will understand justt what to ; abttiit it. He is able to succour in any case, knowing this, the trusting heart can look uj and say, "Blessed be God, even the Fathfer of tour Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, who comforteth lis in all our tribulation." Again, in faith we can say, "I am filtei with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation," for we have learned to cast our care on Him who cares for us. When Israel fras suffering under Egyptian bondage, the Lord said to Moses, "I have- surely seen the affliction of my people which are' in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason Of their taskmasters; for t know their sorrows." Yes, He knew! and to know was to deliver. Through unbelief Israel has again been Under very heavy and grievous burdens, but the Lord has promised them rest from their sorrows. Will He then refiise us when we need His concern and care? No; His comforting and assuring arms are around us in every trial of our, faith, which is precious in His sight.

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